poor family

poor family

Urn: a kind of pottery jar. 牖: window; hinge: the shaft of the door. Broken urn as window, rope as doorpost. It's a metaphor for a poor family. It comes from Jia Yi's Guo Qin Lun in the Western Han Dynasty: "however, Chen she is the son of wengsheng Shu, a member of the society, and a migrant."

notes

The broken urn was used as the window and the straw rope was used as the hinge. The family is poor. The window. Pivot, the shaft on the door.

original text

The first emperor was not, and the aftershock was very popular. However, Chen she was the son of Weng Jue Sheng Shu, a member of the society, and a migrant. He was not as talented as the Chinese, not as talented as Zhongni and Mozi, but as rich as Taozhu and Yidun. He crept between the ranks and stubbornly rose up in the fields, leading the fatigued soldiers. He turned hundreds of people to attack Qin, cutting wood into soldiers, and taking off poles as flags. The world gathered to respond and win food. Shandong Haojun and then died Qin.

translation

After the death of the first emperor of Qin, his aftereffect still awed the distance. However, Chen she was just a poor man with broken urn as window and rope as hinge. He was a common man, a slave, and a garrison. His talent was not as good as that of Confucius and Mozi, and not as rich as that of Tao Zhu and Yidun. He threw himself into the army and suddenly rose up in the fields to lead the weak army Soldiers, commanding hundreds of troops, turned around and attacked the Qin Dynasty. They cut down trees as weapons and raised bamboo poles as flags. People from all over the world gathered around them like clouds, echoed in the mountains and followed him with grain on his back like shadows. After that, the heroes of the six countries to the east of Zheshan rose together and finally overthrew the Qin Dynasty.

Other sources

Fulton invented the ship Tanci: "Fulton, at first, but it was difficult for the son of man, and later, it was magnificent. The first fold of Ma Zhiyuan's Jianfu stele in Yuan Dynasty: "I can look at the painting Pavilion of Lantang and see my urn and mulberry pivot."